Plot meaning

What does “plot” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“plot” is a noun and verb with 8 meanings. Its most common meaning is: a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal).

plot

noun

  1. a secret scheme to do something (especially something underhand or illegal)

    “they concocted a plot to discredit the governor”

    “I saw through his little game from the start”

  2. a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation

    “a bean plot”

    “a cabbage patch”

  3. the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.

    “the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal”

  4. a chart or graph showing the movements or progress of an object

verb

  1. plan secretly, usually something illegal

    “They plotted the overthrow of the government”

  2. make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

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  3. make a plat of

    “Plat the town”

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  4. devise the sequence of events in (a literary work or a play, movie, or ballet)

    “the writer is plotting a new novel”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University